As long-term financial security becomes a pipe dream for more Americans, a growing share is giving up on marriage.

One in five U.S. adults aged 25 or older had never been married in 2012, a record high, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center that analyzed census data. In 1960, it was one in ten.

According to a survey Pew conducted this May and June, only 53% of all never-married adults said they would like to marry someday, down from 61% in 2010. Around 32% said they were not sure, up from 27% in 2010. Read More »

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that birth rates among unmarried women in the U.S. between the ages of 35 and 39 shot up 48% between 2002 and 2012. For older women between 40 and 44 years old, this rate—while very low—rose 29% between 2007 and 2012. Read More »

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